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Experiments on enlarging a lexical ontology
This paper presents two simple experiments performed in order
to enlarge the coverage of PULO, a Lexical Ontology, based and
aligned with the Princeton WordNet.
The first experiment explores the
triangulation of the Galician, Catalan and Castillian wordnets,
with translation dictionaries from the Apertium project. The second,
explores DicionĂĄrio-Aberto entries, in order to extract synsets from
its definitions. Although similar approaches were already applied for
different languages, this document aims at documenting
their results for the PULO case
Treatment of Advanced Emphysema with Emphysematous Lung Sealant (AeriSeal (R))
Background: This report summarizes initial tests of an emphysematous lung synthetic polymer sealant (ELS) designed to reduce lung volume in patients with advanced emphysema. Objectives: The primary study objective was to define a therapeutic strategy to optimize treatment safety and effectiveness. Methods: ELS therapy was administered bronchoscopically to 25 patients with heterogeneous emphysema in an open-label, noncontrolled study at 6 centers in Germany. Treatment was performed initially at 2-4 subsegments. After 12 weeks, patients were eligible for repeat therapy to a total of 6 sites. Safety and efficacy were assessed after 6 months. Responses were evaluated in terms of changes from baseline in lung physiology, functional capacity, and health-related quality of life. Follow-up is available for 21 of 25 patients. Results: Treatment was well tolerated. There were no treatment-related deaths (i.e. within 90 days of treatment), and an acceptable short-and long-term safety profile. Physiological and clinical benefits were observed at 24 weeks. Efficacy responses were better among Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) stage III patients {[}n = 14; change in residual volume/total lung capacity (Delta RV/TLC) = -7.4 +/- 10.3%; Delta forced expiratory volume in 1 s (Delta FEV(1)) = +15.9 +/- 22.6%; change in forced vital capacity (Delta FVC) = +24.1 +/- 22.7%; change in carbon monoxide lung diffusion capacity (Delta DLCO) = +19.3 +/- 34.8%; change in 6-min walk test (Delta 6MWD) = +28.7 +/- 59.6 m; change in Medical Research Council Dyspnea (Delta MRCD) score = -1.0 +/- 1.04 units; change in St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (Delta SGRQ) score = -9.9 +/- 15.3 units] than for GOLD stage IV patients (n = 7; Delta RV/TLC = -0.5 +/- 6.4%; Delta FEV 1 = +2.3 +/- 12.3%; Delta FVC = +2.6 +/- 21.1%; Delta DLCO = -2.8 +/- 17.2%; Delta 6MWD = +28.3 +/- 58.4 m; Delta MRCD = 0.3 +/- 0.81 units; Delta SGRQ = -6.7 +/- 7.0 units). Conclusions: ELS therapy shows promise for treating patients with advanced heterogeneous emphysema. Additional studies to assess responses in a larger cohort with a longer follow-up are warranted. Copyright (C) 2011 S. Karger AG, Base
Digestible Lysine on Live Performance of Chicken Type Naked Neck During the Starter Phase
Enhancement of nematic order and global phase diagram of a lattice model for coupled nematic systems
We use an infinite-range Maier-Saupe model, with two sets of local
quadrupolar variables and restricted orientations, to investigate the global
phase diagram of a coupled system of two nematic subsystems. The free energy
and the equations of state are exactly calculated by standard techniques of
statistical mechanics. The nematic-isotropic transition temperature of system A
increases with both the interaction energy among mesogens of system B, and the
two-subsystem coupling . This enhancement of the nematic phase is manifested
in a global phase diagram in terms of the interaction parameters and the
temperature . We make some comments on the connections of these results with
experimental findings for a system of diluted ferroelectric nanoparticles
embedded in a nematic liquid-crystalline environment.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Volume 42 of the Brazilian Journal
of Physic
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Environmental stratification in cotton in the presence or absence of genotypes with high ecovalence
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